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		stavros on Aug 26, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: E-ink is so Retropunk Looks like it was, though, unless you mean the "jointly developed by Microsoft and IBM" bit. Edit: to clarify, when people say "DOS", 99.999% of the time they mean MS-DOS, not the generic "disk operating system", which is a category and wasn't developed by anyone in particular.

beej71 on Aug 26, 2023 [–]

86-DOS was purchased by Microsoft and renamed MS-DOS.

stavros on Aug 26, 2023 | [–]

Huh, Wikipedia buries that lede in the "history" section, thanks.

Fordec on Aug 26, 2023 | | [–]

Wikipedia can be edited by anyone, including a Microsoft PR intern.

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